“I will make the call on that. You want in on the take down? You want topay your penanceto Mae by being the one to bring her home? Then sit your ass down and wait for Jake.”
Twenty-Six
“You want to tell me how you guys fucked up so royally that there are two extra fucking women in that cell with Laurel?!”
Mae’s eyes shot open as she sat up on the bed. She groaned, the pure exhaustion after a massive dump of adrenaline still kicking her ass.
“How long was I out?” she whispered.
“Not very long.” Jessie’s worried eyes met hers. “They just started shouting… Do you think they are going to come in here?”
“God, I hope so.”
“The whole point was to get access to the building! To send the threats from their devices! We’re meant to frame them for the fucking attacks!”
“Stop panicking.”
“I fucking saw Wilson and Limerick walk into their offices. It’s over. We’re cooked. Fucking drug them and get them in the van. The auction is tonight in Kansas City, which means we’ve got a long drive ahead of us and we need time to clean them uponce we get there. Those whores will be our ticket to save face with Alejandro.”
“At least we still got the bombs in place, right boss?”
“What the fuck do you want, Jase? You want me to lick your balls and tell you what a good boy you’ve been for daddy?”
“No, fuck…”’
Bombs.She’d been hoping all along to be wrong. Mae looked at Laurel, but she was sitting wide eyed and silently shrugged. Just great.
“Just go get the bitches ready, would you?”
“This is it.” Mae moved next to Jessie. “Are you guys ready?”
“As ready as I’ll ever be.” Jessie gave her a weak smile, the torn and knotted sheet rolled up next to her hip.
“Alright,” Jase yelled as he strolled in. “Time to get you all ready for your next masters.”
Mae stood. “Funny. I didn’t realize we had masters before.”
His eyes locked in on her. “Oh look. A volunteer. You know, we always have to test drive our merchandise before we sell it. Looks like you’re up first.”
“Eat shit,” Mae replied. She knew it would be easy to rile him up, and the twitch under his left eye told her it was working even faster than she imagined.
He stalked towards the metal bars. “Put your hands through over here, you fucking bitch. I’m gonna cuff you and then teach you some goddamn manners.”
She had to be careful. The goal was only to lure him in. If he called for backup, they were screwed.
“Fine. But try not to be too rough. It’ll turn me on.” Mae winked, slipping back into her protective persona.
She put her hands through the small space so he could get the cuffs on her. A single movement behind her let Mae know it was time to put their plans into action.
Instead of allowing him to slip the second cuff over her wrist, Mae moved, grabbing his closest hand and pulling his arm through the bar. His face bashed against the metal, his mouth opening wide to yell. But they’d planned for that. Lo burst forward, burying one of her dirty socks past his teeth and over his tongue.
Jessie was next, looping the fabric out and around his neck and pulling it tight.
“You’re going to have to get the keys, Mae. I can’t with my side…” Lo whimpered as Jessie tightened the sheet around Jase’s neck. The asshole was clawing at the fabric, his beady eyes popping out as his sock-filled mouth gulped like a fish out of water. Mae knew, from somewhere in the back of her mind, that the sight should have made her feel nauseous. But all it did was make her feel powerful. One sick bastard down, two to go.
She dropped onto her knees, her hand snaking out between the bars to grab the key ring on Jase’s belt. He was so lost to self preservation and fighting off the pull towards unconsciousness Mae could see creeping in as his eyelids drooped that he didn’t seem to even notice her grabbing desperately at the key ring attached to his hip. Finally, her fingers snatched them, the keys jingling loudly as she pulled them through the bars.
Jase’s body slumped to the ground in a heap, and Jessie finally let go of the sheet.
